Dirty Water Lakes

[Frank Rickard]

Guys quick question.

Any advice or tips on fishing lakes that have very low water clarity. I'm talking about lakes where you can barely see your lure six inches below the surface. Thanks.

[Cecil]

noise and bulk

[blakjack23]

X2 I like a spinnerbaits with a big colorado blade to get a good thump going. Otherwise loud cranks or jigs with rattles.

[Nick Kuhn]

What was mentioned above is good advice. You can still use jigs and t-rigs, you just have to make precise casts. Bottom contact will make some noise and draw in fish. You may even consider adding a glass bead to your line for some added noise. Topwaters also work as well on dirty water as they do on clear water.

[Superduty]

Think Shallow and then shallower. You can get pretty close to fish in dirty water conditions without spooking them. Primetime for the flippin stick!

[Deitz Dittrich]

agree with Super!!!

[Craigums]

I like throwing stark black jigs with a good loud rattle in murky water

[Nick Kuhn]

Just because you can get close to the shallow water fish without spooking them doesn't mean there will be more of them in shallow than on other waters. I find fish location depends on what kind of dirty the water is. My lake is both kinds of dirty (very green and very black, depending on the time of year), and my experience is fish often will not go shallow on the green lakes. That nasty algae slime that accumulates on the bottom and on weeds on the green lakes seems to be a fish turn-off. I immediately turn to deeper hard bottom areas on these lakes. Sure, there are some fish in shallow, and they can be pretty easy to locate, but any fish you can find in deeper water will generally be better quality.